Background
Newman grew up in New Jersey and attended San Francisco State University, where she received an Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.
(Named a Best Book of 2015 by the San Francisco Chronicle ...)
Named a Best Book of 2015 by the San Francisco Chronicle From the bestselling author of Mary: Mrs. A. Lincoln, a magical novel about the surprising acts we are capable of in the name of love. Set in 1942 New York and Berlin, A Master Plan for Rescue is an enchanting novel about the life-giving powers of storytelling, and the heroism that can be inspired by love. In essence, it is two love stories. It is the story of a child who worships his parents, then loses his father to an accident and his mother to her resulting grief. And it is the story of a young man who stumbles into the romance of his life, then watches her decline, forever changing the arc of his future. Each is propelled by the belief that if he acts heroically enough, it will restore some part of what—or whom—he has lost. But when they meet, this boy and this man, their combined grief and magical thinking will allow them to dream the impossible. Sharing stories of the people they have lost, they are inspired to join forces and act in their memory. To do something so memorable that it might actually bring their loved ones back—even if only in spirit. A Master Plan for Rescue is a beautiful tale, propelled by history and imagination, that suggests people’s impact upon the world doesn’t necessarily end with their lives, and that, to some degree, we are the sum of the stories we tell. From the Hardcover edition.
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Newman grew up in New Jersey and attended San Francisco State University, where she received an Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.
She is known for her novels, A. and as well as her memoir The Russian Word for Snow (Street Martin’s Press 2001). She has been on staff at the Squaw Valley Writers’ Conference, the Literature Camp writers conference, and at the Book Passage Travel Writers Conference. Newman’s work has been reviewed in United States of America Today and People Magazine, and her travel writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
(Named a Best Book of 2015 by the San Francisco Chronicle ...)
She lives in San Francisco and has been a member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto since 2007.